Nearly everyone has dealt with mourning the loss of a loved one. If the person who passed away was close to you, perhaps a family member, then there was also the issue of the decedent’s will and estate to be taken care of after they were gone.
Even those of us who are relatively young (or young at heart) would be wise to address our own estate planning and to make some of the important decisions about our assets and our belongings sooner, rather than later.
There are many advantages to making out a will and also deciding what to do within the document known as a health care directive. The topic may seem morbid to healthy, busy people in the prime of life, but the documents can be of great help if the unthinkable takes place.
Estate Attorneys Buffalo Grove work with clients to help them sort out the issues that are important in estate planning. For clients who are married or single, young or old, parents to some children or childless, having a will and an estate plan are equally important for ensuring that their wishes will be carried out.
An initial appointment with the Estate Attorneys Buffalo Grove can help you understand more of the reasons that may prevent you from delaying this important step in adult life any longer.
The laws regarding probate in each location are subject to changes. What may have happened to a person’s estate if they died without a will in place may not be the same thing that happens to an estate in the future.
Most people who have assets or even some sentimental property, such as inherited jewelry or other family heirlooms, will want to designate the person who would receive those items in the event of their death.
The Estate Attorneys Buffalo Grove can guide their clients through the process of filling out the forms that can be used to draw up a last will and testament so that anything you currently own will have a designated heir when the time comes.
Other documents that are often done at the same time as a will include Health Care Directives. These may have also been known as “Living Wills” in the past. This document can help you make the choices about who will act on your behalf for important medical decisions that would need to be made if you were incapacitated.
